Dr William Hyland
Lecturer in Church History
Biography
William Hyland joined the School of Divinity in 2013. He has previously taught at several American universities, including Cornell University (NY), Benedictine College (Kansas), and St Norbert College (Wisconsin), where he was the first Director of the Center for Norbertine Studies and held the Clarence Heidgen Chair of Catholic Studies. He holds a BA from Emory University and an MA and PhD from Cornell University.
Dr Hyland is President of the editorial board of the book series Premonstratensian Texts and Studies (Cistercian Publications). He specializes in Medieval Church history and theology, with a particular focus on monasticism, spirituality, and Mariology.
Dr Hyland is a founding member of the Cusanus Society UK & Ireland, dedicated to exploring the life, times, and thought of the fifteenth-century reformer, theologian and philosopher Nicholas of Cusa. He is also very involved in SAIMS, The St Andrews Institute for Medieval Studies.
Dr Hyland also maintains a blog relating to many of his interests:
https://festinalentehyland.wordpress.com/
Teaching
Teaching:
DI2006 The Early and Medieval Church: History, Beliefs and Practices
DI3718 Mary Through the Centuries
DI4525 Medieval Monastic Spirituality
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages
DI 5522 Selected Patristic Theologian: Cyprian of Carthage
DI5526 Selected Medieval Theologian: Bonaventure
PhD supervision
- Jessica Collett
- Brendan Williams
- Morkos Hosny Fakhry Gamil
- Paul Roland
- Patrick Brown
- Sean Barrett
- Andrew Cort
Selected publications
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‘Nicholas of Cusa’s use of Bonaventure in his sermons’
Hyland, W. P., 1 Mar 2023, In: Reformation and Renaissance Review. 24, 3, p. 128-139 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Jacob Panhausen: two sixteenth-century Premonstratensian treatises on religious life
Hyland, W. P., 15 Mar 2021, Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications and Liturgical Press. 110 p. (Cistercian studies; vol. 290)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Khipus, khipu boards and sacred texts: toward a philology of Andean knotted cords
Hyland, S., Bennison, S. & Hyland, W. P., 15 Jun 2021, In: Latin American Research Review. 56, 2, p. 400-416 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Lucy Menzies (1882 to 1954) and the Christian ideal of sanctity in medieval Scotland
Hyland, W. P., 17 Dec 2021, In: Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal. 5, 4, p. 39-53 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Modern quipu
Hyland, S. P. & Hyland, W. P., 1 Apr 2021, New world objects of knowledge: a cabinet of curiosities. Thurner, M. & Pimentel, J. (eds.). London: University of London Press, p. 121-125 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Secret strings: the sounds of fibre and ply
Hyland, S. & Hyland, W. P., 29 Oct 2020, The material culture of basketry: Practice, skill and embodied knowledge. Bunn, S. & Mitchell, V. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, p. 95-100 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Abbot Jacob Panhausen of Steinfeld’s Praefatio in Regulam Divi Aurelii Augustini Hypponensis Episcopi (1570 Text and Commentary)
Hyland, W. P., 1 Jun 2019, In: Analecta Praemonstratensia. 94, p. 132-159Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Old Testament typology: the gospel canticles in the liturgy and life of the church
Hyland, W. P., 2019, Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century. Corbett, G. (ed.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, p. 57-68 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Open access
Silence, leadership and service: a medieval Premonstratensian contribution to interreligious dialogue
Hyland, W. P., 1 Oct 2019, In: Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal. 3, 3, p. 4 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Why is Simeon dancing? The unity of exegesis, theology and devotion in the work of Bonaventure
Hyland, W., 15 Nov 2019, In: Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality. 19, 2, p. 267-282 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review